01 Record
CVE-2024-53900
Mongoose before 8.8.3 can improperly use $where in match, leading to search injection.
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Mongoose before 8.8.3 can improperly use $where in match, leading to search injection.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 3.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-12-02 00:00Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-01-06 17:43Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-11-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 35acc502730e1ccebe33665a7ffb6d556540af9933aa3a525a4cf4a1f3047cad
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.npmjs.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose?activeTab=versions
- github.comhttps://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/releases
- github.comhttps://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- github.comhttps://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/c9e86bff7eef477da75a29af62a06d41a835a156
- github.comhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7xq-9374-9rvx